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SPRINGFIELD a ' In November , the Illinois Liquor Control Commission conducted compliance checks around the state and visited 141 businesses licensed to sell liquor.

If Black Friday wasn't enough, activities today around Effingham might start getting you in the Christmas spirit.

An update on the crash south of Neoga Saturday evening involving two motorcycles.

Rick Jakle, the majority owner of Elgin's WRMN Radio, says he likes his job so much that "I tell people I've never worked a day in my life." At age 67, he hopes never to retire.

Authorities believe an 18-year-old rural Neoga resident committed suicide in Cumberland County Detention Center in Toledo Thursday evening.A The determination is based on a preliminary investigation by Illinois State Police Zone 7 Investigations.

Neoga Community Unit School District #3 is in the midst of a $4.4 million geothermal energy project to supply heating and air conditioning to two of its schools, Neoga Jr-Sr High School and Neoga Elementary School.

Returning from a mission trip to Chile, Anne McClure, now Anne Walk, took a look at her community and said to herself and several members of the First Christian Church, ''If missionaries came to Neoga, the first thing they'd say would be that the north edge of town needed a sidewalk.'' In fact there was a need because residents of Neoga Estates had ...

No one matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, but a couple players -- one in Joliet and the other in the West Loop -- came awfully close.

Neoga Mayor Wayne Modglin, Commissioner Tony Kepp and Police Chief Gerry Mattern joined their counterparts from Toledo and Greenup last Wednesday in a meeting with the Cumberland County Board.

'54 CLASSMATES: Seated: Marie Ingram, Jessie Wallace, Joan Johnson, Evelyn Alexander, Lylah Kaufman, Joy Walk, Marian Lindley,_Louise Cartright; standing: Bill Alexander, Martha Wilson, John Schutte, Donald Spencer, John Lawson, Clarence Schutte, Jack Boyer, Rex Lindley, George White, Don Cordes, Jim ''Sonny'' Croy, Jim Farr, Ida Mae Groves, ...

'54 CLASSMATES: Seated: Marie Ingram, Jessie Wallace, Joan Johnson, Evelyn Alexander, Lylah Kaufman, Joy Walk, Marian Lindley,_Louise Cartright; standing: Bill Alexander, Martha Wilson, John Schutte, Donald Spencer, John Lawson, Clarence Schutte, Jack Boyer, Rex Lindley, George White, Don Cordes, Jim ''Sonny'' Croy, Jim Farr, Ida Mae Groves, ...

Tanya Niebrugge of Sigel and Blake Moffett of Windsor announce their engagement and upcoming marriage.

L-R front, Doris Icenogle McKay, Ellen Louthan Carlyle, Madonna Stuckey, Louise Jones Wilson, Betty Baker Woods, Ruth Drennan Cole, Pauline Burton Yocum, Norma Jean Wolke Brown, Mary Lou Wente Barber, and Rose White Smith; back, Beverly Sell Fleenor, Winona Cross Kelshiemer, Jeanine Brown Siprelle, Cleo Goad True, Janet Green Tinch, Lulu Belle ...

As the cyclists arrive at the Hendelmeyer Park Rec Center this evening, each will have already completed 225 miles of their journey, having ridden at least 83 miles from Centralia that day, stopping along the way in Salem, at Forbes State Park, and in Edgewood.A The riders will spend the night either indoors on the gym floor or outdoors in tents ...

For more than 40 years, Lake Land College faculty and staff have positively impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of students.A A A A A A A A "In the early years, faculty and staff not only shaped their students' lives, they shaped and molded the culture of the college into an outstanding caring environment," said Scott Lensink, Lake Land ...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed into law a package of bills creating Illinois Jobs Now, a $31 billion program aimed at renovating the state's infrastructure system.

ROYALTY: Neoga royalty graced the pavilion stage Thursday night with the crowning of the new Jr.

Tonight's pageant will name the new Jr. Miss Neoga, but that isn't the end of the activity in the annual celebration.

The 1944 confirmation class of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg met May 24, 2009 at St.

On May 20 at 4:24 p.m. Barbara M. Daugherty, 33, of Vandalia was driving a 2007 Dodge southbound on 200 E at 300N in Oconee Township when she attemped to pass a 1994 Plymouth which was turning left, striking it.